Jamie   10 #1 Posted October 1, 2003 When I was young and at college studying computer studies (zzzzz) at college ... I used to skip class and go play games at the arcade (stories on matilda street) ... incidently I failed my college course !!!  Anyway.  What are your top 3 favorite arcade games ?  Mine are:  Starforce. Krull. Gauntlet.  (I also used to love flicky and mad-planets). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   214 #2 Posted October 1, 2003 Gauntlet Elite Driller  ... all on the Spectrum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Moon Maiden   10 #3 Posted October 1, 2003 I never got this?? Must have been my grandad's fault. I have never ever played arcade games.  I just don't get it!  Moon Maiden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Phanerothyme   12 #4 Posted October 1, 2003 Arcade games  Asteroids - Atari Defender - Williams 1942 - Can't remember who, Bally? (edit - it was actually called 19xx by capcom)  Arcade style defender - bbc micro monsters (space panic) - bbc micro xenon II - amiga  Best ever games Elite - BBC Micro (wow!) Carrier Command - Amiga (wow) Starglider II - Amiga (double wow) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jamie   10 #5 Posted October 1, 2003 Some really cool games there Phan ...  Such a buzz playing anything like defender / starforce ... no over the top power-ups complicating the issue ... just pure skill and WOW at the adrenlyn of it all ...  Mind you ... I love some new arcade games ... esp the ones where you can get in to the cabinet and it vibrates (kinky!) ... u know the ones ... big racing games in sit down cabinets !? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
debs66 Â Â 10 #6 Posted October 1, 2003 I so still love pac man LMAO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RPG   10 #7 Posted October 1, 2003 Originally posted by Phanerothyme xenon II - amiga  :D :D  I loved that game!!  my phone ringtone is Xenon II Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mr craig   10 #8 Posted October 1, 2003 Yeah Xenon II was a great game,cool music,and super nashwan power ruled.As for old arcade games goes,some of these aint really that old,but i played them as a kid,so i think there old,and yes i know theres more than 3 here!  Outrun Chase HQ Operation Wolf Bubble Bobble Rainbow Islands Final Fight Street Frighter II (one game i am truely unbeatable on)  If i think of anymore i'll let you know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
purplepippa   11 #9 Posted October 2, 2003 pacman - of course  then two that were on the computer dad would bring home from work in the holidays - no idea what they were called  one was a basic shooting game  the other was a precurser to the nokia snake game now  they were all fab! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mikey   10 #10 Posted October 2, 2003 It has to be the original  Space Invaders - maybe showing my age here, but used to play it all the time around 78-80 ish - just simple skill needed - you didnt need a degree to understand the functions.  Remember the Glass table ones in pubs and stuff - they were ok until someone spilt beer or flicked fag ash all over. You couldnt see anything after that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DaBouncer   13 #11 Posted October 2, 2003 Double Dragon Street Fighter II Mortal Combat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Phanerothyme   12 #12 Posted October 2, 2003 Originally posted by JamieW Some really cool games there Phan ...  Such a buzz playing anything like defender / starforce ... no over the top power-ups complicating the issue ... just pure skill and WOW at the adrenlyn of it all ...  Mind you ... I love some new arcade games ... esp the ones where you can get in to the cabinet and it vibrates (kinky!) ... u know the ones ... big racing games in sit down cabinets !?  Remember Space Harrier? Great cabinet, but if you ever played the game on a standard arcade (no flying seat) then it was pretty dull, same with Firefox and some others - as often happens, gimmickry to cloak less good games.  Last time I spent any serious money on an arcade game it was called virtua racing, and very good it was too, that was back in 94 - two racing car cabinets with FF steeringwheels racing against one another, and a choice of tracks, very competitive, and expensive at 50p a pop.  Did I mention: Spychaser? That was also top.  I remember playing Defender on the BBC micro, an almost perfect clone of it at least, called something else, planetoid maybe?  That was a game that demanded lightning quick reflexes and good hand/eye coordination. Still remember that very unfamiliar feeling of playing a game for something like 30 minutes and then having to stop because my pulse was racing and my hands shaking from the adrenalin (aged 12) - a whole new vista of discovery of different states of mind opened up there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...